| Yorke the Adventurer (Esprios Classics) Contributor(s): Becke, Louis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1034517716 ISBN-13: 9781034517719 Publisher: Blurb OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2024 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 6" W x 9" (0.22 lbs) 60 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Lewis Becke (or Louis Becke; 18 June 1855 - 18 February 1913) was an Australian Pacific trader, short story writer and novelist. In January 1892 Becke returned to Sydney and persuaded by Ernest Favenc and J. F. Archibald began to contribute stories to The Bulletin, the first of which was 'Tis in the Blood appearing in the edition of 6 May 1893. A collection of these stories, By Reef and Palm, was published in England in 1894; His Native Wife, a novelette, was published in Australia in 1895; followed by a further collection of stories, The Ebbing of the Tide, which was published in 1896. |